The Oreck Steam-It comes with six different attachments to help you clean a variety of surfaces... including floors, windows, floor or shower tile, carpets, upholstery, windows, glass showers, drapery, countertops, marble, and more.

The Steam-It retails for $179.99 and will be provided to the winner by Oreck. This review and giveaway is sponsored by The Freckled Citizen.

Why do I need a steam mop, you're asking yourself? Well, I asked myself the same question when the nice folks at Oreck contacted me about giving one away to a reader. Here's what I discovered as I tested the Steam-It in my own home: by utilizing the simple power of steam, I can deep-clean our home without the use of chemical cleaners that give me, for lack of a better term, the heebie-jeebies. In addition, the pads the Steam-It uses can be thrown in the washing machine and reused - the ultimate sustainable solution. Need more pads? Sure, you can order them online... but the universal clips on this tool will also hold any old washrag or handtowel you already own in place, and you can use those instead. No chemicals! No disposable pads to not-decompose in a landfill! I like it.

But how well does it work, you're asking yourself? I took the Steam-It on a spin in multiple areas of my house and took pictures for you.

Ready to rumble... with the floor attachment in place:

You know that experience of using other mops that spray cleaning solution on the floor, and then when you're done you see streaks of cleaner everywhere? It always grosses me out. Or I think about Barbara Ehrenreich's 'Nickel and Dimed,' when she's working undercover as a maid and reveals that all they do is spread dirty water over the floor all day, every day, in every house. Double-gross out. This is how I appreciate the Steam-It the most - that it makes our 1906 floors look this good using only hot steam, without any chemicals whatsoever:

All types of flooring are a breeze to clean:

The Steam-It freshens up carpets, too. This is our entryway carpet, which tends to get the most traffic in the house, and it was freshened up nicely with the steam. I'm looking forward to trying it on our cats' favorite sleeping chairs, too. Alert to anyone who might be battling pet stains on carpets or upholstery: this little device just might change your world:

Next up I wanted to try the Steam-It's spot brush. We tend to get soap scum build-up around our kitchen faucet. Check out the results I got not from scrubbing it with a toothbrush and a harsh abrasive cleaner, but using only steam. Pretty impressive, right?:

The squeegee attachment on the Steam-It would have been a godsend in our last two apartments that had glass showers. I decided to try it on the upper windows of our walk-out dining room windows, which are too tall for me to reach without a big ladder. While I need to improve my technique to avoid streaks, I was again impressed with the power of steam alone (no chemicals! I'm a broken record!) to make these windows shine:

There you have it... now here's how you can win a Steam-It of your own:

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This giveaway will be open for one week, closing next Wednesday, November 2. I'll announce the winner on Thursday, November 3. Good luck!

Important Details and Rules: The giveaway winner must be a resident of the U.S. 48 contiguous states. You must be 18 years and older to enter. No duplicate comments.Winner will be determined via drawing on random.org. Odds of winning will be dependent upon total number of entries. Please leave a way for me to contact you if you win the Steam-It; otherwise, another winner will be chosen using random.org. This giveaway will run from October 26, 2011 until November 2, 2011.

Disclosure – I was given the Oreck DualMax Air Purifier to review and keep. All opinions stated in this post are entirely my own. Oreck Corporation provided the prize for the sweepstakes but is not the sponsor of the sweepstakes.

I love these! We borrowed a different brand steam cleaner from my MIL when we moved into our house and I nearly cried when we gave it back. This one seems so much better though! I love that you can do spot cleaning with the Oreck!

This looks awesome! I love my oreck vacuum. I love that you can wash the pads for sustainability! I felt wasteful before using the swiffer pads and stuff. But I am with you on the mop/dirty water/chemical stuff. BLECH!

I've been looking at one of these for a while now! I love that you can wash the pads, keeps cost down! :) We have an almost one year old, and I'm always concerned with what cleaners I'm mopping with for his saftey - this is so much better!

Hi! I guess I learned this from your post as well, but I love that the Steam-It doesn't use chemicals. Also, I learned on the site that it heats up in less than a minute. awesome. Thanks for the great giveaway!

I didn't know that it could be used on so many surfaces! I had worried about my ceramic tile with stem cleaning, but am confident after visiting their site that I could use it on that and every surface in my house practically!!maggietucker10 at yahoo dot com

Awesome giveaway! I learned that it helps remove stains from furniture and car upholstery! With a Golden Retriever and muddy DC dog parks, my car upholstery could definitely use its help right about now!

I learned that the Oreck Steam-It Deep works on flooring surfaces such as marble, ceramic, stone, vinyl, linoleum and sealed hardwood floors. Thats very good to know and I think thats awesome :)sweetlikecandy1688 at gmail dot com

oh man! i have been wanting one of these for a longgg time now!!!i learned that it can be used on on most flooring surfaces including marble, ceramic, stone, vinyl, linoleum and sealed hardwood floors.def makes my day! thanks!!!

I learned that the Steam It requires very little prep; It takes only a minute to heat up. I also love that it holds a whole 40 oz of water. I have all hardwood floors, so a tiny tank would mean changing the water often.kirbycolby at gmail dot com

I learned that the 6-piece attachment kit that comes with the Steam-It contains an attachment that I NEED. I have been trying to get a nasty stain off of my stove top since I moved into this apartment - 6 years ago. I's become an obsession and I've tried everything buy steam.ohmiss14 at yahoo dot com ☮